WorksheetsChapter 13 - The Cold War
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 10mins
How did the US respond to the blockade on Western Berlin? This was when we could not get any supplies to this area.
Berlin Airlift
Iron Curtain
Air attack
Berlin Wall
the United States and
Who was the dictator leader of the Soviet Union during the beginning of the Cold War?
Dwight Eisenhower
Adolf Hitler
Harry Truman
Joseph Stalin
What is the name for a race between two nations to build bigger weapons?
economic race
arms race
peace race
space race
What was the race between nations to gain advantages in space research?
economic race
space race
arms race
territory race
What city was the capital of Germany and was split between east and west powers after World War II?
Berlin
Warsaw
London
Paris
What was the name for the concrete wall that divided East and West Berlin beginning in 1961?
Iron Curtain
NATO Wall
Berlin Wall
German Wall
Which political leader made this statement? "History is on our side. We will bury you!"
John F. Kennedy
Nikita Khruschev
Fidel Castro
Joseph Stalin
What happened after Nikita Khruschev threatened the United States?
The Soviet Union launch missiles from Cuba into the United States.
There was a space race, both countries launched satellites into space.
There was an arms race, both countries stockpiled weapons.
The United States sent troops to the Soviet Union.
What happened as a result of the Cuban Missile Crisis? CHOOSE TWO
Communism spread into the United States
Nuclear weapons were banned worldwide.
A direct phone line was set up between Washington, DC and Moscow
The US and the Soviet Union agreed to limit testing of nuclear weapons
Cuban became allies with the US
The Allied armies/countries controlled...
West Germany
East Germany
The Soviet Union controlled
West Germany
East Germany
Why did East Germany build the Berlin Wall?
To keep people from East Germany from coming into West Germany
To keep people from West Germany from coming into East Germany
To keep enemies out of the country
All of the above
Where is the Berlin Wall located?
Germany
Soviet Union
China
USA
